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ReviewThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience2016

Drug-Induced Alterations of Endocannabinoid-Mediated Plasticity in Brain Reward Regions.

Natalie E Zlebnik, Joseph F Cheer

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Review in The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 33 papers.

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33citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

33 citing papers in PubMed, 58 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Natalie E ZlebnikDepartments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and.ORCID 0000-0002-6681-6171
Joseph F CheerDepartments of Anatomy and Neurobiology and Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201 jcheer@som.umaryland.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-5086-7559
Institute of Neurobiology · BGUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore · US

Funding

Endogenous Cannabinoid Control of Reward SubstratesR01DA022340 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI Joseph F Cheer · 2008 to 2026
$5.6M
Enduring Consequences of Adolescent Cannabinoid and Methylphenidate ExposureR01DA042595 · NIDA · UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE · PI CHEER, JOSEPH F · 2016 to 2020
$2.0M
NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA022340NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA042595
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The endocannabinoid (eCB) system has emerged as one of the most important mediators of physiological and pathological reward-related synaptic plasticity. eCBs are retrograde messengers that provide feedback inhibition, resulting in the suppression of neurotransmitter release at both excitatory and inhibitory synapses, and they serve a critical role in the spatiotemporal regulation of both short- and long-term synaptic plasticity that supports adaptive learning of reward-motivated behaviors. However, mechanisms of eCB-mediated synaptic plasticity in reward areas of the brain are impaired following exposure to drugs of abuse. Because of this, it is theorized that maladaptive eCB signaling may contribute to the development and maintenance of addiction-related behavior. Here we review various forms of eCB-mediated synaptic plasticity present in regions of the brain involved in reward and reinforcement and explore the potential physiological relevance of maladaptive eCB signaling to addiction vulnerability.

Indexed as

RewardAdaptation, PsychologicalAnimalsBrainEndocannabinoidsExcitatory Postsynaptic PotentialsHumansLearningMotivationNeuronal PlasticitySubstance-Related DisordersEndocannabinoidsaddictioncocainedrugs of abuseendocannabinoidnucleus accumbensplasticityrewardTHCventral tegmental nucleus

Identifiers

PMID27707960
PMCPMC5050322
OpenAlexW2528358697

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